The Broken Warrior’s Daughter by Cooper novel Chapter 9

All day at school I watched her. I attempted to approach her several times, but each time, I was either waylaid by one of the girls going dancing tonight or when I got to where she had been, she was gone. I’ve never been so aggravated about having girls hanging on me before. I wanted to know who my mystery girl was and it was really starting to piss me off that I couldn’t get to her. 

By the time I got home, I was in a piss-poor mood and I took it out on the guys in training. They were all limping and grumbling when training was done. I didn’t care, I was still in a bad mood. I didn’t have any interest in going to a club tonight, but Chase was adamant that we were going. I guess he’d found some red-head that he was hoping to bring home tonight. I really wasn’t interested. I couldn’t seem to get a green-eyed brunette out of my mind. Kai had been quiet in my head, but he was just as irritated that I wasn’t able to talk to her. 

I got ready in a pair of jeans and a tight fitting black shirt, and Chase and I headed out. We got to the club and the bouncer let us in ahead of the line that was already forming. Walking in, the music was thumping. The place was already packed. Chase and I headed to the bar. Before we even got there, we were surrounded by girls. Chase bought a round of drinks and we moved to a place on the wall where I could watch the dance floor and pretend to be interested in whatever the girls were saying to me. 

Chase was flirting with the girl he planned to take home tonight and some other girl, I think her name was Natasha, was rubbing herself on me like a dog in heat. Another girl had one hand rubbing my ass while the other was stroking Natasha’s arm. I guess this was my invitation to a menage. It wouldn’t be my first, but I wasn’t interested tonight. I was about to push them off me and head back to the packhouse when I saw her. She was here. She was hanging out with three of my warriors, Jason included. It didn’t look like they were together, but I couldn’t be sure. 

I watched as her eyes traveled the room, taking it in, until they landed on me and stopped. That electrical frisson was there again. She averted her gaze and grabbed a shot before talking to Jason. 

Kai stood up in my head and grumbled watching their interaction. ‘Easy Kai, they are acting like friends, not lovers.’ He continued grumbling stating, ‘I don’t like it.’ It was then that Jason turned his head and looked at me. So, they were talking about me. I smiled. I liked that she was talking about me, it meant, at some level, I was in her head. 

Natasha took my smile as approval for her hand running down my chest and she proceeded to attempt to slide it under my shirt. I grabbed it before she could and without looking at her, pushed her hand back to her side. She didn’t seem phased and just leaned into me more. While I’d normally be all in, tonight it just feels desperate. 

I watched as my mystery girl went out to the dance floor with Lacey. She immediately began swaying her hips to the music. Damn, that girl is hot. I felt my dick getting hard watching her and Kai started pacing in my head. He didn’t like her surrounded by guys while she was wearing that hot as fuck outfit and swinging her hips for everyone to see. 

As I watched, Lacey leaned in and said something to her. She replied and Lacey looked shocked before looking at me. What the fuck? What was that look? Lacey looked…disappointed. In me. Now I’m seriously getting pissed and I’m about to head out to the dance floor when I see her head off in the direction of the bar where Jason and Dean are still standing. 

“Excuse me ladies,” I say as I push my way through the throng of females. Chase sees me and pushes himself to my side. “Everything ok?” 

I look at my friend, “I don’t know, but I intend to find out.” Chase smiles at me, “Need a wingman?” I start walking away, “I’m good,” I toss over my shoulder as I move toward her. 

I’m stopped every couple of steps by girls that want my attention. I smile and gently push them out of my way, but it’s taking me too long and the slow song ends before I can get to the bar where she is doing another shot. She starts walking back out to the dance floor when the DJ announces, “This is for Canyon Ridge’s own Little Badass.” My pack members go crazy, my warriors in particular. I see my girl stop, shake her head and look at the DJ as Who Runs the World by Beyonce starts playing. She smiles and blows a kiss at the DJ before lifting her hands above her head and joining a bunch of other girls in the center of the dance floor. 

She obviously knows the song, along with every other girl on the dance floor. They are singing the song to each other, sassing the guys out there watching them, following some of the moves from the video. I lean back against the bar, ordering another beer. As I’m watching, Alpha Liam comes to stand next to me, ordering his own beer. “She’s something, isn’t she?” 

The fuck?! Even Liam knows her? 

“Yeah, she is,” I answer because I don’t want anyone to know that I have no clue who she is while everyone else seems to know exactly who she is. When the tempo picks up and the staccato starts, she starts shaking her ass back and forth so fast it makes my dick instantly stand at attention. I’d love to have her riding my cock like that. Fuck, I need to get myself back under control. 

Liam gets his beer and takes a swig, still watching my girl. My girl? When did I even start thinking of her that way? But Kai purrs his agreement in my head. 

The girls have taken over the dance floor, lip syncing to the guys surrounding them. When the song ends, the girls howl their dominance as the guys blend back in. As I’m watching, my mystery girl sees me. Wait, no. She sees Liam, and WINKS at him. 

What. The. Actual. Fuck? 

“You’re a lucky man to have someone like her in your pack.” Liam says to me without taking his eyes off of her. “But, if I’m being honest, I have every intention of stealing her away as soon as I can.” He looks at me as he says the last part. He’s dead serious. 

Kai snarls in my head, telling me that I need to stake my claim on her. 

‘Kai, chill out. She’s not ours, and he hasn’t convinced her to leave. We don’t even know if she’s our mate.’ I force him farther back into my head so I can focus on my conversation with Liam. Liam is an intelligent alpha. If he wants her there is a reason beyond her being beautiful. Maybe I can get more information from him to figure out who she is. 

“Good luck with that. I haven’t lost a warrior to another pack yet,” I say, hoping that I will get something more from him.